Stubai Tirol Extrem [sort of] bent-shaft ice tools - "the Tirols are to ice climbing what Fires are to Rock: a step beyond." Both have hammer heads (I lost the ring adze which I never really used anyway)... $40 each

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES. Included for your eduaction and amusement are screen captures of the old MEC catalogue listings - everything's online these days.

Hey, the boots and poons are sold.... sorryI still have the fine axes though. I've had an offer from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies but it was so lowball as to be insulting, so I'm holding out for an alpinist who truly appreciates their value.

Aye, on teh one hand it would indeed be an honour to have my tools fused to a fibreglass and wax replica of Barry Blanchard on his historic first ascent of Red Man Soars in Kananaskis, in the Telus 'Mountain Masters' Canadian Mountain Hall of Fame, but on the other I don't like some hoity-toity curator playing me for a chump.